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Anyone been paying attention to this?

Not trying to be a Debbie Downer, just curious if anyone especially the translators and uploaders have been paying attention/tracking this.

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At least in the Hentai scanlation scene, Wani Publishing it has been sending numerous DMCA at various scanlations teams requesting the take down of material published on its magazines. A few groups folded because of this but outside of limiting (for now) the hentai available there's no other consequence, and that started at the beginning of April.

I think we will be getting some hiccups here and there for a while but I doubt we will be seeing any lasting consequences.

Thanks D_T. From what I read, it should not target scanlations of released material, just unreleased materials. However, I am a firm believer in the "law of unintended consequences." I get nervous at what that could mean for scanlation groups and especially the readers.

but I doubt we will be seeing any lasting consequences.

let's hope so.

Definitely agreeing with you ciega. I can definitely see certain companies issuing them out anyway just to keep it from happening. However, should they not be more worried about the leaks? I think that's a bigger security risk if you ask me.